Reducer.



E. S. HARPER.

REDUGER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30, 1913.

Patented M21122, 1915.

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RBDUGER.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 30, 1913- Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

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ELLA S. HARPER, OF NEW BRIGHTON. NEN ICE/K.

REDUCER.

Application filed. January 30, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELLA S. HARPER, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of New Brighton, taten Island,county of Richmond, and State of New Y rk, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Reducers, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates more particularly to a device intended for useafter childbirth.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple ande'flicient device which is adapted to be worn after child-birth andwhich is readily adjustable to adapt the wearer to tighten the device atwill so that the natural enlargement of the body due to such a conditionmay be reduced and th body restored to its proper form, thus dispensingwith the usual devices which are cumbersome, often unsanitary, and noteasily adjusted by the wearer. 1

Another object of. the invention is to provide a simple and efficientdevice which is thoroughlysanitary in that it can be washed and easilycleansed and which requires no stays whatever so that it is verycomfortable and prevents all liability of injury to the wearer.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which may beworn as an under-garment and which may be utilized to iold or supportother wearing apparel.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device which isinexpensive to manufacture and which may be readily applied and adjustedto suit the requirement of the wearer, and which covers all that part ofthe body which is required to be reduced or restored to its naturalsize.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinaftermore particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, and will then be pointed out inthe claim at the end of the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device showing howthe same is worn. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation. Fig. 3 is an elevationlooking at the rear, the device being spread open for the purpose ofbetter illustrating the same. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section taken onthe line. IVIV of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on the lineV-V of Fig. 3; and Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail perspective view show-Spccification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Serie112'o.745,221.

ing an attaching member or element which may be held to the device.

The body or member 10 of the device is in the form of a wide websuitably hemmed, as at 11, along the upper edge thereof and at 12 alongthe lower edge thereof to strengthen and finish the same, and at theupper portion is provided with one or more darts, as 13, to make thesize at the upper portion somewhat smaller than that of the lowerportion and to provide a proper finish to said member. The body ormember 10 is of such a width that it will extend from the hips of thewearer to and above the waist line and under the breast so as to adaptthe same to cover all that part of the wearer which is intended to bereduced and restored to the proper size and form. The member 10 may beentirely free of stays to avoid all unnecessary stiffness and at a pointadjacent to the ends thereof so as to extend transversely of the body ormember and in a vertical direction when the device is in use, aremembers or parts 1% and 15 which are secured to or formed as a part ofsaid member 10. These members or parts 14 and 15 are located near theedges of the member 10 so as to provide overlapping flaps or parts 16and 17 and have eves or eyelets 18 in each member through which a lacing19 is adapted to pass, as shown best in Fig. 1. These flaps or parts 16and 17 are adapted to overlap and cover the space between the edges ofthe members 14- and 15 to shield and protect the wearer while in use. Itwill be evi dent that the device when worn is adapted to provide a moreor less wide space between the edges of the members or parts 14 and 15to adapt the same to be readily adjusted. The lacing is so arrangedthrough the eyelets 18 and secured as at 19 that the wearer may, bytaking hold of the lacing substantially central thereof, pull the twomembers 14 and 15 toward each other and throughout the entire length ofsaid members to tighten and adjust the same about the wearer. Duringthis adjustment, the flexibility of the member 10, owing to it beingmade of fabric which may be light but preferably does not stretch, willdraw or force the members 14 and 15 toward each other and thisadjustment may be done at intervals as often as is desired by the wearerso that a gradual reduction and proper restoration of the body of thewearer is secured in a Very easy and efiective way. When adjusted theCopies of this patent may be obtained forfivecents each, by'erlcu'essing the Commissioner of Patents, r

member is secured along the upper edge thereof, as at 23, to the loweredge of the body and at one end is connected by a dart or insert 21 sothat the member, when the device is in use, will .be arranged at anangle with respect to the lower edge'of the body 10 of the device. Eachmember 21 and 22 has a strap 25 of fabric or other material and at oneend/is provided with a buckle,

as 26, throughivhich the end 27 is adapted to pass in order to be passedabout the limbs of the wearer. The main part of the strap or member" maybe covered by an oil or rubberized material, as 28, to permit the sameto be readily cleaned and to assist in making the said device thoroughlysanitary. The device is thus properly held and is capable of adjustmentboth through the members 21 and 22 and the body 10 tojsuit differentsizes ofpersons. I r

The body 10 of the device or garment may be provided with tabs 29 and 30at the rear thereof and at'the opposite sides of the central portion,and these tabs may have eyes or eyelets 31 adapted to hold any articlethat might be attached thereto or may be used for the attachment'oftheusual hose supporter or for any other purpose.

A tab or part 32 may be secured at the rear part of the device along'thehem 12 substantially central thereof and another tab 33 may be held tothe lower part of the lacing so as to be supported thereby, as shownbest in Figs. 1 and 6. The purpose of these tabs 32 and 33 are'so thatany arv ticle may be attached theret0,although such parts may bedispensed with or not as preferred. From the foregoing, it will be seenthat a simple and efficient device is provided which is adapted to bereadily adjusted'so that it may be made to lit the body of the wearerand to be tightened in such a way as toreduce the size of the body ofthe wearer and restore the same to its proper shape and form; that saiddevice is simple in construction and may be readily applied and is soconstructed that no special manipulation on the part of others isrequired to properly use the same; that said device may be used I thebody after it has been put on, leg ell-.

circling straps secured along their-upper edge to the lower edge ofthe'body portion," 1

and an insert or dart arranged between each strap and'the body portionwhereby said straps when the'device is in use will be at an angle withrespect to the lower edge of the body portion, the freeends'of saidstraps being arranged at the back, and meansfor adjustably connectingthe ends ofthe respective straps.

ELLA s. HARPER.

Witnesses:

EMMA M. NEWTON, Lns'rnn G. TAYLOR. 7

Washington. 30. C.

' '85 This specification signed and witnessed this 8th day of January A.D. 1913.

